Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Faith

There’s a little thing called faith that I seem to be
running a bit short on these days. Scratch that. It’s more that my faith is
being tested and putting my trust in what is definitely a much higher power is
where I am having a little trouble. I am reminded of a story told by Frances Mayes about train tracks that were built over the steepest part of the Alps to
connect Vienna and Venice before there was even a train in existence that could
make the trip. The tracks were
built knowing that someday, the train would come. This is a true example of faith – making a plan with the
utmost certainty that the final outcome will indeed come.

Where it gets tricky I suppose, is the road that leads to
that outcome. How many twists and
turns must we take and encounter in order to get there? It is the obstacles in our lives that
make us who we are, testing our sensibilities and shaping our character. But it is also these unexpected complications and
tribulations that steer us in directions where we can only rely on our faith to
guide us. So it is a double-edged
sword – we need faith to get through and yet it is in getting through that we
actually attain faith.

Faith

There’s a little thing called faith that I seem to be
running a bit short on these days. Scratch that. It’s more that my faith is
being tested and putting my trust in what is definitely a much higher power is
where I am having a little trouble. I am reminded of a story told by Frances Mayes about train tracks that were built over the steepest part of the Alps to
connect Vienna and Venice before there was even a train in existence that could
make the trip. The tracks were
built knowing that someday, the train would come. This is a true example of faith – making a plan with the
utmost certainty that the final outcome will indeed come.

Where it gets tricky I suppose, is the road that leads to
that outcome. How many twists and
turns must we take and encounter in order to get there? It is the obstacles in our lives that
make us who we are, testing our sensibilities and shaping our character. But it is also these unexpected complications and
tribulations that steer us in directions where we can only rely on our faith to
guide us. So it is a double-edged
sword – we need faith to get through and yet it is in getting through that we
actually attain faith.